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carriage

Noun

Meaning

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

The price or expense of carrying.

That which carries of conveys,

A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.

A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.

A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.

A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. Lillian Hellman

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. Emily Dickinson

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. Thomas De Quincey

Gossip needs no carriage. Russian Proverb

You don't go to heaven in a carriage. Italian Proverb

A turtle never abandons its carriage. Basuto Proverb

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